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On Eve of Abu Dhabi Talks, Russia Pounds Ukraine’s Power and Heat With Hundreds of Drones and Dozens of Missiles

Kyiv signals a tougher stance at the talks following targeted strikes on thermal plants during extreme cold.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s Air Force logged 521 aerial threats overnight, including over 70 missiles and about 450 attack drones, and reported neutralizing 38 missiles and 412 UAVs.
  • Grid operator Ukrenergo reported large outages across Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Vinnytsia, with emergency shutoffs and damaged energy facilities as repairs proceeded where safe.
  • DTEK said thermal power equipment was heavily damaged in what it called the ninth mass attack on its plants since October 2025.
  • Local impacts included 1,170 apartment buildings without heat in Kyiv, a forced drain of the heating system serving 820 buildings in Kharkiv, more than 16,000 residents without heating in Lozova, over 50,000 without power in Odesa region, 50 de-energized settlements in Vinnytsia region, and about 8,600 Dnipro customers temporarily without heat.
  • Authorities reported at least 12 injured nationwide earlier in the day, and later confirmed at least two dead and seven wounded in an evening strike on Zaporizhzhia; NATO’s Mark Rutte called the barrage a very bad signal for peace efforts and urged more air-defense support as Ukraine arranged a bilateral meeting with the U.S. in Abu Dhabi.